Musud I of Ghazni

Musud I of Ghazni (990-17 January 1040) was the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040, succeeding Mahmud of Ghazni and preceding Muhammad of Ghazni.

Biography
Musud was the son of Mahmud of Ghazni, and was born in 990. In 1030, when his father died, he seized power from his younger twin Muhammad of Ghazni and blinded and imprisoned him. Musus saw himself as the champion of Islam, and in 1040 he marched out to meet the Seljuk Empire with 50,000 troops, as Chagri-Beg Mikailoglu and Tughril-Beg Mikailoglu raided the northern frontier of his empire. At the Battle of Dandankan in Turkmenistan, Musud's dehydrated, hungry, and demoralized troops were cut to ribbons by a Seljuk army half the size of his force. After this defeat, Muhammad led a rebellion, and he had Musud killed after being imprisoned.